Website Citation

Information presented on the ITIS website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of the appropriate citation is requested.

To direct readers to the entire ITIS website, it is sufficient to give the address of the site in text:

Retrieved [month, day, year], from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (http://www.itis.gov).

To cite data obtained from ITIS, the following citation format is offered as a suggestion:

Retrieved [month, day, year], from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov.

Citations can be formatted to the style needed for your publication as long as there is sufficient information included to return the reader to the referenced information.